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NASA has recently located a small new crater that appears to have arisen on the Moon that was likely caused by a Russian probe crash landing on the surface about two weeks ago.
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NASA has recently located a small new crater that appears to have arisen on the Moon that was likely caused by a Russian probe crash landing on the surface about two weeks ago.
 
                  
A few hours after the Russian space agency had noted some "abnormal circumstances" with Luna-25, there was a crash. According to Roscosmos, the spacecraft ran into an unidentified problem while attempting to reach a pre-landing orbit.
 
                  
Luna-25, which was launched on August 10—nearly a month after Chandrayaan-3's launch—was vying with the Indian spacecraft for the right to settle on the moon's south pole on August 21. The Russian spacecraft, however, reported a "abnormal situation" as it attempted to enter its planned pre-landing lunar orbit.
 
                  
India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is swiftly advancing towards the unchartered southern pole of the Moon, Russia’s Luna-25 is supposed to achieve the initial landing only two days ahead of the Indian mission’s touchdown.
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